Chapter 10.05
ADMINISTRATION1
Sections:
10.05.010 Duty of police chief.
10.05.020 Records of traffic violations.
10.05.030 Police chief to investigate accidents.
10.05.040 Traffic accident studies.
10.05.050 Traffic accident reports.
10.05.060 Police chief to submit annual traffic safety report.
10.05.010 Duty of police chief.
It shall be the duty of the police department under the direction of the police chief to enforce the street traffic regulations of the town and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to assist in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out all duties specially imposed upon the police department by this chapter. [Code 1983 § 10-1-1.]
10.05.020 Records of traffic violations.
A. The police department shall keep a record of all violations of the town or of the state vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all alleged offenses. Such record shall accumulate during at least a five-year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five-year period.
B. All forms for records of violations and notices shall be serially numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.
C. All records and reports shall be public records. [Code 1983 § 10-1-2.]
10.05.030 Police chief to investigate accidents.
It shall be the duty of the police department to investigate traffic accidents and to arrest and assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents. [Code 1983 § 10-1-3.]
10.05.040 Traffic accident studies.
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the police chief shall conduct studies of such accidents and determine remedial measures. [Code 1983 § 10-1-4.]
10.05.050 Traffic accident reports.
A. The police department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location.
B. The police department shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to it under state law or under any law of the town, but all such accident reports made by drivers shall be for the confidential use of the town and no such report shall be admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding other than upon request of any person making such report or upon request of the court having jurisdiction, to prove a compliance with the laws requiring the making of any such report. [Code 1983 § 10-1-5.]
10.05.060 Police chief to submit annual traffic safety report.
The police chief shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the clerk. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in the town as follows:
A. The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured and other pertinent traffic accident data.
B. The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police department.
C. The plans and recommendations of the police chief for future traffic safety activities. [Code 1983 § 10-1-6.]
State law reference: A.R.S. section 28-627.